Nicholas Bell

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Los Angeles based Nicholas Bell is IONCINEMA.com's Chief Film Critic and covers film festivals such as Sundance, Berlin, Cannes and TIFF. He is part of the critic groups on Rotten Tomatoes, The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), FIPRESCI, the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) and GALECA. His top 3 for 2023: The Beast (Bonello) Poor Things (Lanthimos), Master Gardener (Schrader). He was a jury member at the 2019 Cleveland International Film Festival.

Exclusive articles:

Everybody’s Life | 2017 COLCOA French Film Festival Review

Au Beaune Pain: Lelouch Continues with Frivolous Comedy Spackle Somewhere along the way Palme d'Or and Oscar winning auteur Claude Lelouch (1966’s A Man and...

Rupture | Review

Walking into Spiderwebs: Shainberg Returns with Characterless Genre Effort A decade after the somewhat unwarranted critical drubbing of Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus...

Criterion Collection: Rumble Fish | Blu-ray Review

The 1980s began roughly for Francis Ford Coppola, one of the most lionized American auteurs ever, whose streak of the 1970s was an unmitigated...

Criterion Collection: Woman of the Year | Blu-ray Review

“Success is no fun unless you share it with someone,” confirms a composed Fay Bainter in George Stevens’ 1942 comedy classic Woman of...

Daughters of the Dust | Blu-ray Review

Potent words open up Julie Dash’s masterful debut, the landmark independent feature Daughters of the Dust (1991). A matriarch, grappling with her family’s (including...

Breaking

Primetime | Review

The Catcher in the Sty: Oppenheim Skewers Hack Journalist It’s...

Interview: Producer Ryan Martin Brown – The Scout

While countless films have delved into filmmaking, viewing it...

Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty! | Review

Strictly Soft Gloom: Wladyka's Bereft Bliss Puts Spotlight on...

Alpha Gang | 2026 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review

Close Encounters Of The Biker Gang Kind: The Zellners’...
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